Niagara Motel
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| Directed by | Gary Yates |
| Written by | Dani Romain George F. Walker |
| Produced by | Phyllis Laing Michael Prupas Bernard Zukerman |
| Starring | Caroline Dhavernas Craig Ferguson Anna Friel |
| Cinematography | Ian Wilson |
| Edited by | Simon Cozens |
| Music by | Guy Fletcher The Lyric Quartet |
| Distributed by | Mongrel Media (Canada) Soda Pictures (United Kingdom) |
Release date | March 24, 2006 |
Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $8,000,000 |
Niagara Motel is a 2006 Canadian drama film directed by Gary Yates. The film earned numerous nominations, including a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for Caroline Dhavernas.
Plot
Niagara Motel features its namesake and the ongoings amongst the inhabitants of the motel and linked Riverside Grill coffee shop located in Niagara Falls. The characters include the owner and his daughter (Andrei and Fitch), their newly pregnant waitress (Dhavernas) being recruited to star in low budget porn videos, a young couple (Friel and Holden-Reid) with a criminal past struggling to recover their child from social services, and a middle class husband and wife (Keleghan and Crewson) in a marriage that is disintegrating in near-record time - all led by a drunken motel caretaker (Ferguson).
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Cast
- Craig Ferguson as Phillie, the motel caretaker
- Peter Keleghan as Henry
- Damir Andrei as Boris the Motel Owner
- Wendy Crewson as Lily
- Anna Friel as Denise
- Kristen Holden-Ried as R.J.
- Kevin Pollak as Michael
- Caroline Dhavernas as Loretta
- Catherine Fitch as Sophie
- Tom Barnett as Dave
Production
The film was based on George F. Walker's six play series Suburban Motel.
Locations
While some scenes were filmed in Niagara Falls, Ontario, most of the film was filmed in and around Winnipeg, Manitoba. The motel scenes were filmed in Steinbach. Additional scenes were filmed in Lockport and Selkirk, where the real Riverside Grill stood until 2012.[1][2]
Reception
Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a rating of 37% based on 14 reviews.[3]
References
- ^ "Niagara Motel Production Notes" (PDF). Mongrel Media. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
- ^ Amanda Lefley (2012-01-10). "Say Goodbye to Riverside". The Selkirk Journal. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
- ^ Niagara Motel at Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
External links
- Niagara Motel
- Niagara Motel at AllMovie
- Niagara Motel at IMDb
- Niagara Motel at Rotten Tomatoes
- Niagara Motel at Metacritic
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